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Joint Transportation Reserve Unit contributes 6800 work-days

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SCOTT AIR FORCE BASE, Ill. (USTCNS) --- The Joint Transportation Reserve Unit at U.S. Transportation Command contributed more than 6,800 work-days of support in fiscal year 2000 said the outgoing commander here last week.

"The 6,800 (work-day) contribution is in addition to the monthly training drill days and speaks to the serious commitment by the men and women of the JTRU to the U.S. Transportation Command," said Navy reserve Rear Adm. Thomas Hill, outgoing JTRU commander.

The majority of the contributory work-day support was in USTRANSCOM operations where JTRU members provided more than 25% of annual watch standing in the Mobility Command Center and on exercise support.

"The 185 JTRU members averaged 37 days per person working exercises, watch standing in the MCC, gapping active duty billets and serving in directorates throughout the command," said Hill.

"USTRANSCOM requested more than 11,000 work-days of reserve augmentation in FY00, so personnel availability and funding are major concerns," according to Hill. "We must weigh priorities with immediate command need and with training requirements of JTRU members to maximize the use of personnel and funding."

The USTRANSCOM mission of providing one-stop global transportation to DOD in peace and war insures a real world mission on a routine basis.

"We give special attention to the training of JTRU members so that we provide qualified reserve personnel for daily as well as surge requirement," noted Hill.

"One training and mission enhancement generated in FY00 was the placement of a JTRU member as a transportation liaison officer at each joint command during exercises, to interface with and to advise the war gamers on transportation issues and concerns," said Hill. "The LNOs managed daily transportation operations on-site and avoided countless disconnects throughout the exercise and throughout the theater."

Projected JTRU augmentation for FY01 is more than 12,300 work-days.

"Reserve augmentation demand will continue to exceed the supply," noted Hill. "The JTRU will focus on directorates' highest priorities and will coordinate augmentation with reserve training. That is our mission and our challenge."

The JTRU is the first Department of Defense-authorized joint reserve unit, was activated in Sept. 1991.

The unit has more than 185 Air Force, Army, Coast Guard, Marine and Naval reservists who supplement USTRANSCOM active and civilian full-time staff during peak operations or as needed throughout the year.

Hill served as the commander of the JTRU from Oct. 1998 through Oct. 2000. He departs USTRANSCOM for assignment as the senior reserve supply officer, Naval Supply Systems Command at Mechanicsburg, Pa.

Brig. Gen. Robert P. Meyer, Jr., Air National Guard, former commander, 121st Air Refueling Wing, Richkenbacker International Airport, Ohio assumed command of the JTRU in a change of command ceremony here Oct. 28.

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